Information AboutPolovchak V. Meese |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT POLOVCHAK V. MEESE | |
| united states court of appeals cases | |
| 1985 in law | |
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Walter Polovchak was living in Chicago, Illinois when his parents decided to return to what was then part of the Soviet Union . He objected, prompting the case. Polovchak turned 18 before a final decision was rendered, and he was allowed to remain in the U.S. The ruling holds that parents who are citizens of another country cannot remove their own child from the United States to their native land, over the child's objection, unless the child first is afforded a hearing to determine whether living in another nation is in the child's interests. The case came back into the news during the Elián González custody battle. |
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